Rosalind Franklin quotes
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“In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall succeed in our aims: the improvement of mankind.”
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“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.”
-- Rosalind FranklinSource : "Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA". Book by Brenda Maddox (p.61), 2002.
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“Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment.”
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“You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralising invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated. Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment.”
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“We wish to discuss a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid. D.N.A. This structure has novel features which are of considerable biologic interest.”
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“Conclusion: Big helix in several chains, phosphates on outside, phosphate-phosphate inter-helical bonds disrupted by water. Phosphate links available to proteins.”
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“The results suggest a helical structure which must be very closely packed containing probably 2, 3 or 4 coaxial nucleic acid chains per helical unit and having the phosphate groups near the outside.”
-- Rosalind Franklin
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“No great thought, no great object, satisfies the mind at first view, nor at the last.”
Source : Abel Stevens (1881). “Madame de Staël, a Study of Her Life and Times: The First Revolution and the First Empire”
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“I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion.”
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